The blog is written by the young writers and artists of Stone Soup. If you are aged 13 or younger and have something to say on any topic—nature, science, cookery, sport, sewing, crafts, music, photography, travel—we would love to hear your voice. We are also always happy to hear from book reviewers. Please go to our Submittable site for more details on how to become a young blogger. We accept individual posts and are also always looking for writers to contribute on a regular basis—once a week or once a month.
How to Live the Life You Dream of Living, a motivational piece by Sabrina, 13
How to Live the Life You Dream of Living Sabrina Lu, 13 If you would like to live the life ...
Animal Farm and the Concept of Failed Socialist Utopia
Historians estimate that around twenty million perished under Stalin’s totalitarian socialist regime (Keller). Around 18-45 million died in China’s Great ...
Castles in the Air, a short story by Anushka, 11
It was a cold winter day when I saw her. The snow was melting after last week’s heavy snowfall leaving ...
Anime Movies Are Underrated
For the past few weeks, I've been getting myself into an anime mood. Before this, I never loved or hated ...
Conservatives Want to Ban All My Favorite Books, by Emma, 9
Something I know from personal experience is that Melissa, by Alex Gino, is an amazing book that has been praised ...
Introduction to my Music Blog: Vulfpeck & the Pressure of Success
Hi, my name is Kathleen, and I am going to be blogging about music! I really love music and it ...
Book Reviews
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, Reviewed by Kathleen, 10
The book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy, is a book about friendship, love, ...
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, Reviewed by Samson, 12
My fingers rub against the bottom corner of the book, waiting to turn the page. I reach the last word ...
The Extraordinary Colors of Auden Dare by Zillah Bethell, Reviewed by Abhi Sukhdial
The Extraordinary Colors of Auden Dare (TECAD) is one of the best books I’ve read in quite a long time ...
Which One is Malala? Reviewed by Patrycja, 13
On the book's cover we can see a brunette girl with sad, but twinkling brown eyes. She makes an impression ...
Oliver Twist, Reviewed by Enni, 13
“Please, sir... I want some more.” These words have become a catchphrase through the countless adaptations of Charles Dickens’s novel ...
The Tale of Despereaux, Reviewed by Eunice, 10
The Tale of Despereaux is a book about the power of love and bravery. Despereaux is a little mouse that ...
COVID-19 Blog
It Was, a poem by Grace Mancini, 11
It Was Grace Mancini, 11 It was red, like a ripe strawberry It was orange, like a bright neon glow ...
Believe, a poem by Ben Starner, 12
Believe Ben Starner, 12 The greater the challenge The rougher the sea The thinner the bridge The less you believe ...
Book Club Report: Out of My Mind, by Sharon M. Draper
An update from our sixth Stone Soup Book Club meeting! This week, in Book Club, we began discussing Out of My ...
A Brief History of a Fictional Virus, poem and video reading by Abhyudoy Basu, 13
A Brief History of a Fictional Virus Abhyudoy Basu, 13 A poem, and video reading by the author (3:45 min) ...
Will it Ever End? a poem by Cora Burch, 13
Will it Ever End? Cora Burch, 13 I wish we could all calm down. The bright sky We brought from ...
How the Handshake has Evolved, a cartoon by Natya Chandrasekar, 12
How the Handshake has Evolved Natya Chandrasekar, 12 Natya has made an amazing collection of cartoons about the "before" and ...
